(Available in English) Embora as decisões que tomamos afectem profundamente a nossa vida quotidiana, a forma como deliberamos e decidimos é um processo complexo que ainda só percebemos parcialmente. Imagine que está a tentar […]
Author: Fanny Cazettes
How the brain makes choices: the sinuous path from decision to action
(Disponível em Português) Although the decisions we make greatly affect our everyday life, how we deliberate and commit is a complex process that we only partially understand. Imagine you have just flicked a lighter. If […]
Lab Comics
Inspired by: Real Life. More Lab Comics: About Lab Comics: Serious research can sometimes inspire some seriously silly thoughts… We are looking for more whimsical contributions, so do send us your science-doodles anytime! Liad Hollender […]
Science snapshot: Understanding Collective behaviour
Where is George? Ask this software to look at the crowd! idtracker.ai is a mix of conventional algorithms and artificial intelligence developed at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown by the Collective Behaviour lab. […]
Science (in)verse: Ben Zarov V
Science and art inspire each other to create new forms of expression. Here, at Science (in)Verse, we bring an unusual outcome of this encounter: science-inspired poetry. If you are feeling poetic, we welcome contributions! In […]
Pain: a sixth sense we can’t live without?
(Disponível em Português) The expression “sixth sense” is often used to refer to some sort of special intuition that gives people the ability to know and perceive things without using the five traditional senses. […]
A dor: um sexto sentido indispensável?
(Available in English) A expressão “sexto sentido” é usada regularmente para aludir a uma espécie de intuição especial que nos permite saber e percepcionar coisas sem utilizar os cinco sentidos tradicionais. É também o […]
Science Snapshot: Navigating Virtual Worlds
How can virtual reality be used to study how the brain works? In this episode of Science Snapshots, Eugenia Chiappe, head of the Sensorimotor Integration lab at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, explains […]
Science (in)verse: Ben Zarov iv
Science and art inspire each other to create new forms of expression. Here, at Science (in)Verse, we bring an unusual outcome of this encounter: science-inspired poetry. If you are feeling poetic, we welcome contributions! “ […]
Science snapshot: Run faster, learn better
While trying to figure out how connections between neurons change with experience to give rise to learning, the Neural Circuits and Behaviour Lab accidentally stumbled upon an important finding: the existence of a strong […]